Alcaptonuria: what is, the symptoms and how the remedy is performed

Alcaptonuria, also known as ochronosis, is a rare disease characterized by an error in the metabolism of the amino acids phenylalanine and tyrosine, due to a small mutation in DNA. This disease is caused by a lack of enzyme, dioxygenase homogentisate or homogentisate oxygenase, which leads to the accumulation of homogentisic acid, which is an […]

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